Climate Change Impact Assessment of Ski Tourism in Tyrol

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 577-600

  Steiger, Robert ^a   Stötter, Johann ^b  

^a MANAGEMENT CENTER INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

adaptation; climate change; Ski tourism; snow model; snowmaking; Tyrol

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MODELING; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRIA; TYROL;

EID: 84885952889     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2012.762539     Document Type: Article

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